Vintage Mid-Century Handwoven Moroccan Tapestry Area Rug in Magenta, Blue, Green, Gold

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This striking vintage Moroccan Boucherouite rug stands apart from its counterparts through its unusually painterly quality — where most Boucherouite … Read more This striking vintage Moroccan Boucherouite rug stands apart from its counterparts through its unusually painterly quality — where most Boucherouite rugs lean toward geometric abstraction, this example has an almost impressionistic looseness, with forms that dissolve and reappear across a luminous palette of magenta, gold, cobalt blue, and forest green.

Boucherouite rugs were created by Berber women in rural Morocco using repurposed clothing and fabric scraps — a tradition of radical sustainability and creative freedom that predates the modern upcycling movement by generations. The spontaneous, non-repeating compositions that result have drawn comparisons to the Gee's Bend quilts of Alabama, another tradition where rural women transformed humble materials into transcendent art outside the mainstream art world's notice.

At 4'11" x 6'7", this piece works beautifully as a wall hanging in a smaller space, or as a layered floor piece over a natural fiber rug. Its warm dominant tones of magenta and gold make it a natural companion for interiors with walnut, brass, or terracotta elements


Dimensions: 4′ 11″ x 6′ 7″

Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s

Place of Origin: Morocco

Material: Wool, Cotton

Condition: Wear consistent with age and use


SKU: 1501 See less